§ 23-115-803. Disposition of funds — Definition
(a) (1) To effectuate the purposes of the Office of the Arkansas Lottery, the office may borrow moneys from the State of Arkansas or accept and expend moneys from the State of Arkansas and shall repay any sums borrowed from the state as soon as practicable. (2) As used in this section, “purposes” includes without […]
§ 23-115-901. Sale of ticket or share to person under 18 years of age prohibited — Penalty
(a) A retailer who knowingly sells a ticket or share to a person under eighteen (18) years of age or permits a person under eighteen (18) years of age to play a lottery is guilty of a violation and subject to the following penalties: (1) A fine not to exceed two hundred fifty dollars ($250) […]
§ 23-115-902. Fraud — Penalty
The offense of lottery fraud and penalties for a conviction of lottery fraud are provided under § 5-55-501.
§ 23-115-903. False statement on license application — Penalty
(a) A person shall not knowingly make: (1) A material false statement in an application for a license or proposal to conduct a lottery; or (2) A material false entry in any book or record that is compiled, maintained, or submitted to or for the benefit of the Office of the Arkansas Lottery. (b) (1) […]
§ 23-115-604. Cancellation, suspension, revocation, or termination of retailer license
(a) A retailer license executed by the Office of the Arkansas Lottery under this chapter shall specify the reasons for which the retailer license may be canceled, suspended, revoked, or terminated by the office. The reasons shall include without limitation: (1) Commission of a violation of this chapter or a rule of the office; (2) […]
§ 23-115-904. Inconsistent statutes inapplicable
(a) Section 5-66-101 et seq. and all other laws and parts of laws inconsistent with this chapter are expressly declared not to apply to any person engaged in, conducting, or otherwise participating in lotteries. (b) A person is not guilty of any criminal offense set forth in § 5-66-101 et seq. or any other law […]
§ 23-115-605. Retailers — Fiduciary duty — Protection against loss
(a) (1) Proceeds from the sale of tickets or shares shall be held in trust until paid to the Office of the Arkansas Lottery either directly or through the office’s authorized collection representative. (2) A retailer and officers of a retailer’s business have a fiduciary duty to preserve and account for retail lottery proceeds, and […]
§ 23-115-1001. Legislative intent
(a) The purposes of this subchapter are to establish: (1) A policy and to provide a system whereby all claimant agencies of this state in conjunction with the Office of the Arkansas Lottery shall cooperate in identifying debtors who owe money to the state through its various claimant agencies or to persons on whose behalf […]
§ 23-115-606. Retailer — Rental payments based on percentage of retail sales
If a retailer’s rental payments for the business premises are contractually computed, in whole or in part, on the basis of a percentage of retail sales and the computation of retail sales is not explicitly defined to include sales of tickets or shares, only the compensation received by the retailer from the Office of the […]
§ 23-115-1002. Definitions
As used in this subchapter: (1) “Claimant agency” means a state agency, department, board, bureau, commission, or authority: (A) To which a person owes a debt; or (B) That acts on behalf of a person to collect a debt; (2) “Debt” means a: (A) Liquidated sum due and owing any claimant agency when the sum […]